CT肺血管图像临床假测概率工具:对急诊室利用率的影响
Rachel P Rosovsky1, Mark Isabelle2, Nooshin Abbasi3
1Director, Thrombosis Research, Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Co-Chair, Thrombosis Committee, Massachusetts General Hospital; President, The Pulmonary Embolism Response Team Consortium; Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR
|August 12, 2024
概括
一种新的临床决策支持工具显著减少了CT肺血管图 (CTPA) 在急诊室诊断肺栓塞 (PE) 的过度使用. 这种基于证据的方法使CTPA使用率降低了14.5%,而不会影响诊断准确度.
科学领域:
- 紧急医疗 紧急医疗
- 放射学 放射学是一门学科.
- 临床决策支持 临床决策支持
背景情况:
- CT肺血管图像 (CTPA) 经常在急诊室 (ED) 中过度使用,用于评估急性肺栓塞 (PE),往往导致诊断产量低.
- 优化CTPA利用对于减少不必要的辐射暴露和医疗保健成本至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估基于证据的临床决策支持 (CDS) 工具对CTPA用于EDS急性PE诊断的使用的影响.
- 评估在实施CDS工具后CTPA利用率和诊断产量的变化.
主要方法:
- 在一个大型医疗保健系统中,在九个学术和社区医院进行了全系统的CDS工具实施.
- 在12个月的干预前期 (2021年6月至2022年5月) 和12个月的干预后期 (2022年6月至2023年5月) 中,CTPA利用率和收益率进行了比较.
- 使用统计过程控制图表和后勤回归分析来评估与PE诊断相关的趋势和因素.
主要成果:
- 与干预前 (3.26%的访问) 相比,CTPA利用率在干预后下降了14.51% (2.79%的访问),这代表了统计学上显著的减少 (P < .001).
- CTPA的诊断收益率保持稳定,在两个时期之间没有观察到显著的变化 (干预前9.25%与干预后8.92%;P = .34).
- 在CTPA之前被诊断为COVID-19的患者显示急性PE的概率更高,CTPA利用的季节性变化也被注意到.
结论:
- 基于证据的CDS工具的实施导致CTPA在EDs急性PE评估中的使用量大幅而持续减少.
- 该CDS工具有效地优化了CTPA的适当使用,而不影响诊断产量,证明了其在临床实践中的价值.
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